Crabtree's Collection Old Books

1912 Facts about Titanic.

Meredith, Lee W., · 1999

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Mason City, IA, Savas Pub Co, (1999). 2nd ptg. VG lg sz PB. Who was the first to see the iceberg, why were ice warnings unheeded, how were the bodies of the dead collected, where were. they buried, etc.?.

A Shoal of Stars: a true-life account of everyman's dream: sailing across the Pacific to exotic lands.

Downs, Hugh, · 1967

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Doubleday, 1967. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ.

Racing a Ghost Ship: the incredible journey of Great American II.

Wilson, Rich, · 1996

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Walker & Co, (1996). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed by author on title page.

Faster Sailing: new developments in yacht racing.

Bavier, Robert N., Jr., · 1954

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1954. VG in Fair DJ. DJ heavy wear on edges, foxed on inside.

Beacuse the Horn Is There.

Smeeton, Miles, · 1971

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Sidney, BC, Canada, Gray's Publishing Ltd, 1971. 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. Owner bookplate fep, DJ edge wear & soiling top of back. Twice capsized while attempting to round Cape Horn, the Smeetons make. a third attempt.

Ship Models.

McLanathan, Richard B. K., · 1957

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, (1957). VG stiff cover PB. Edge wear.

Posted Missing: the story of ships lost without trace in recent years.

Villiers, Alan, · 1956

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Scribner, (1956). G ex-library. Withdrawn stamp on bottom fore-edge, back endpaper missing.

Great Ship Disasters.

Hoehling, A. A., · 1971

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Cowles Book Co, (1971). 1st ed. G in G DJ ex-library.

Titantic: collector's edition.

Allen, Bill, editor, · 0

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, D.C., National Geographic, nd. VG lg sz PB.

My Mystery Ships.

introduction by Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, · 1929

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1929. 1st ed. G. Spine sunned, sl soil, corners bumped.

The Fishing Fleets of New England.

Chase, Mary Ellen, · 1961

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Riverside Press, 1961. VG in VG DJ. DJ price clipped & edge wear.

Small Boat Mechanics Handbook.

Robberson, Elbert, · 1956

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Van Nostrand, (1956). VG.

Boatkeeper: the boatowner's guide to maintenance, repair & improvement.

Gladstone, Bernard & Tom Bottomley, edited by, · 1984

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Hearst Marine Books, 1984. 1st ed. VG in G DJ. From the pages of Motor Boating & Sailing Magazine. DJ edge wear & chips, rubbed.

The Incredible Voyage: a personal odyssey.

Jones, Tristan, foreword by John Hemming, · 1977

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Kansas City, MO, Sheed Andrews & McMeel, (1977). 3rd ptg. VG in G DJ. Jones sailed a small craft on the lowest body of water, the Dead Sea in Israel, & the highest Lake Titicaca in the Andes. DJ edge wear.

Godforsaken Sea: racing the world's most dangerous waters.

Lundy, Derek, · 1999

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books, 1999. VG PB. "He explores the edge. boundary between adventure & nightmare, the difference between excitement & fear.".

Drifting being the author's account of his voyages in dooryards, alleys, bayous, millraces etc.

Jones, Stephen, · 1971

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Macmillan, (1971). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear, creased.

Guide to the Soviet Navy.

Breyer, Siegfried & Norman Polmar, · 1982

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, (1982). 2nd ed. G. Hinges cracked, top corners bumped.

United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast: part III: from Cape Ann to Point Judith & 1899 Supplement to first edition.

U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, · 1893

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Washington, D.C., GPO, 1893. G HB & VG PB Supplement. Onion skin update stamped 1900 glued to 1st blank page which is clipped at corner. Binding spotted, edge wear, marbled fore-edge.

The Yachtsman's Yearbook 1934.

Loomis, Alfred F., edited by, · 1934

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1934. G. Few spots on back eps, edge wear.

International Ice Observation and Ice Patrol Service in the North Atlantic Ocean: season of 1939, bulletin no. 29.

Hawley, William P. & Floyd M. Soule, · 1940

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Washington, D.C., USPO, U.S. Coast Guard, 1940. G PB. Owner stamp, some corners creased, cover creased, spine ends split, book previously owned by Capt. John Gray.